Galvanized: Romney, Ryan Draw Massive Crowd in NC

The announcement of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate is clearly galvanizing voters across the country; people are turning out in droves to see the new Republican ticket in person. Tweets from those attending the rallies today testify to the excitement:

@SarahPompei: You’d think a boy band walked into thousands of teenage girls. Nope.

Attendees tweeted pictures from the rally, which had enormous lines backed up around the block:

And the ticket is on the offensive. According to Jim Acosta of CNN, Ryan compared Romney’s rescue of the 2002 “bloated, wasteful, corrupted” Salt Lake City Olympics to what Romney will have to do with the federal government. “That sound familiar?” Ryan asked.